14:40 Southwell

Friday 5 January 2018

All12:5513:3014:0514:4015:1015:40

Betway Sprint Handicap

Off time: 14:42 | Winning time: 1m 13.95s

1^st

(4)

Kody Ridge

49-2

16/1

T: R Fell & S MurrayJ: B A Curtis

Close up, ridden over 1f out, stayed on to lead near finish

2^nd

(1)

Monte Cinq

49-2

33/1

T: J WardJ: Cam Hardie

Quickly away steadied and in touch, headway halfway, ridden to lead over 1f out, headed near finish

3^rd

(8)

Amazing Grazing

49-0

40/1

T: R C GuestJ: Jason Hart

Slowly away in rear, pushed along and headway halfway, ridden and every chance from 2f out, edged right and unable to quicken inside final furlong

4^th

1 ¾

(9)

Newstead Abbey

88-13

7/1

T: M HerringtonJ: T Eaves

Raced wide tracked leaders, joined leaders halfway, ridden and every chance over 1f out, no extra inside final furlong op 15/2 tchd 11/2 and tchd 8/1

5^th

(7)

Courier

69-5

16/1

T: M ApplebyJ: L Morris

Led, headed over 4f out, tracked leaders, ridden halfway, kept on same pace op 14/1

6^th

(10)

The Amber Fort

49-1

4/1

T: D O'MearaJ: S A Gray

Towards rear, pushed along over 3f out, never nearer op 9/2 tchd 7/2 and tchd 5/1

7^th

2 ¾

(5)

Musharrif

69-9

9/2

T: D CarrollJ: S Donohoe

Held up, pushed along 2f out, never on terms tchd 4/1

8^th

(2)

Midnight Macchiato

59-7

14/1

T: D H BrownJ: R Winston

Prominent, led over 3f out, ridden and headed over 1f out, weakened final furlong op 25/1

9^th

1 ¼

(3)

Interlink

59-4

12/1

T: Mrs Marjorie FifeJ: Barry McHugh

Prominent, led over 4f out, headed over 3f out, remained prominent, ridden and weakened over 1f out op 16/1

10^th

(6)

Ghaseedah

48-13

7/4f

T: S & E CrisfordJ: T J Murphy

Raced wide held up, ridden over 2f out, soon weakened tchd 9/4

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Non-Runners

(11)

Crosse Fire⁴

Weight: 9-2| Age: 6

T: S Dixon J: K T O'Neill

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£16.70Pl:£3.20, £8.50, £9.60EX:£390.70Trifecta:£4,059.60Tricast:£19,356.65SF:£440.38Swingers:£27.00, £41.50, £31.00

Forecasts

Ghaseedah (7/4), The Amber Fort (4/1), Musharrif (9/2), Newstead Abbey (7/1), Crosse Fire (10/1), Interlink (12/1), Midnight Macchiato (14/1), Kody Ridge (16/1), Courier (16/1), Monte Cinq (33/1), Amazing Grazing (40/1)

A sprint handicap with some depth despite the market looking a little lopsided and greatly favouring the impressive maiden winner over C&D last time in Ghaseedah. That form isn’t strong though and she’ll be tested to a greater degree here and THE AMBER FORT appeals more at the likely odds. He looked well suited by this surface last time when taking the runner-up slot and that form also looks strong. Newstead Abbey defends a 1/1 record here but has more to do than when winning a claimer here while Kody Ridge may be fitter this time around and more is expected. Musharrif is worth watching for the future slipping down the weights although this 6f trip may just test him a little too much a return to 5f being the time to side with him.